Buffalo Hunter

Theme and Design

Awesome Visuals In This Stylish Prairie Slot

Buffalo Hunter is a great-looking game. Whilst the theme is not original, the style is a little different. Instead of the panoramic prairie landscape, NLC have opted for a ground level shot, looking up through strands of golden grasses with mountains in the distance. It’s a nice alternate perspective and sets the scene for a game that can really pack some punch.

The reel set is carved in wood with sharply, almost photo-clear illustrated animals and a meter that runs down the left side of the reels which comes into play in the bonus rounds as symbols are upgraded and multipliers added. Your gametime is backed-up by a steady soundtrack of rolling drums to build drama and tension as you spin. Top stuff!

RTP and Variance

Buffalo Hunter has 2 RTP settings which is not uncommon for Nolimit City games, many of which have 3 or 4. They are 96.01% or 94.11%. There is not much between them but it is always better to play at the higher setting where possible.

I verified the RTP at 4 popular slots sites and this is what I found.

• Duelz (SuprPlay) - 96.01% RTP
• Barz Casino (White Hat Gaming) - 96.01% RTP
• Casumo (independent) - 94.11% RTP
• BacanaPlay (Skill on Net) - 94.11% RTP

Nolimit City rate the volatility of this game as Extreme (10/10). This is what the studio are known for so don’t expect an easy ride here. Much of that RTP will be weighted towards the bonus round where the big moments happen.

Maximum Win

Buffalo Hunter was released in August 2020, before the later wave of super-high max win games like Tombstone RIP (300,000x) and San Quentin xWays (150,000x) were released. So now its 12,647x top payout seems low by comparison, but it’s still a decent number worth chasing.

Symbols and Paytable

This is a 5 reel and 4 row slot with 40 paylines and some excellent value in the paytable which maxes out at a whopping 50x for 5 Buffalo or Wilds.

The pay symbols are all nicely drawn. At the low end you have the cards, 10 through to Ace. These are valued at from 0.25x for 3 10s up to 5x for 5 Aces. The premiums are the dear, wolf, cheetah, hawk and buffalo. These are valued at from 0.5x for 3 dear up to that 50x for the 5 buffalo.

The Wild itself, which subs in to complete paylines as normal, is represented by a Dream Catcher. It also pays out, which is nice, at 2x, 5x or 50x for 3, 4 or 5 on a line.

Features and Gameplay

It's All About Landing 3 Or More Scatters And Triggering Free Spins!

Buffalo Hunter is a lot simpler that Nolimit City’s more recent games but it ticks along at a good pace and the execution of the features it has is typically slick.

Mystery Symbols Appear In Groups

The only feature in the base game, aside from Wilds, is the Mystery Symbols. In my experience these dropped in groups, usually 5 or 6 at a time. They appear as Neon Blue concentric circles which ALL transform into the same pay symbol after the reels stop.  That should increase your chances of a win though I should add that in my 200 test spins it never did.

Two Powerful Free Spins Rounds

You don’t play Buffalo Hunter for the base game and those underwhelming Mystery Symbols events. You play for the Free Spins rounds, which are superb.

To unlock you will need to land 3 or 4 Scatters which look like wooden-carved hawks that sit on top of a totem. 3 gets you 8 spins and 4 gets you 10 spins. What’s nice about this bonus is that you can choose between two configurations.

In Buffalo Horde, collecting instances of the Buffalo symbol will transform other premium symbols into the Buffalo. Remember, the Buffalo is the highest value pay symbol at 50x for 5 on a line, so adding more of these to the reels can seriously increase the chances of bigger wins. You need to collect FIVE Buffalos to turn each premium symbol into the Buffalo, starting with the dear. Each time you transform one, then you add 2 spins to your total too.

In Prairie Multipliers, instead of upgrading symbols to the Buffalo, you add a multiplier value to each pay symbol for every 5 Buffalos that land. So, once 5 have landed, the dear gets a 2x multiplier, when 5 more have landed, the dear goes up to 3x and the wolf gets a 3x too. Collect 5 more and the dear, wolf and cheetah go up to 4x. This way, ALL premiums can have a 5x multiplier by the time you are done. And, each time 5 more Buffalos land then another 2 spins are added.

Land 5 Scatters For a Super-Charged Stampede Bonus

There is an extra surprise for those who land 5 Scatters in Buffalo Hunter – the Stampede Super Bonus. This is an incredible combination of the Buffalo Horde and Prairie Multipliers.

You start with 12 spins. For every 5 Buffalos collected, a premium symbol is upgraded to a Buffalo and a multiplier is added to each in turn, up to a maximum of 5x. This way, if you collect 20 Buffalos in total, all premiums will transform into Buffalo with a 5x multiplier. At this point, you can fill the screen with Buffalos to bring up a 10,000x win!